Date:  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 17:47:47 -0500 (EST)
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>> But you could do it like this:
>>
>>         ta vasru lo tcati onai lo ckafi i xu go'i lo tcati
>>         That contains either tea xor cofee. Is it tea?
>
>Yes. But it's kludgey....


how about

ta vasru lo tcati a lo ckafi .i ji
That contains either tea or coffee.  Which?
It relies on minimal cooperation from the listener not to repeat back ".a"
or ".onai", of course.

Alternatively

ta vasru lo tcati .ijonai go'i lo ckafi .i go'i gi'i go'a

lojbab